The Willow Blog » News http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com By Linda Stobbs Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:26:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Economic Situation http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com/2009/02/economic-situation/ http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com/2009/02/economic-situation/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:58:46 +0000 Linda http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com/?p=35 We all know how bad the economy is,  right?  We are being bombarded with negative information constantly these days and  I find it difficult to even get myself to the studio let alone pick up a brush.  So I kn0w that if  I am feeling this way, many others are as well.  We have to push through this heavy cloud that is hanging over us and find the sunshine.  By doing nothing, nothings happens!!  That is a very simple way of looking at it but that’s the basics of it folks.

When, I find myself feeling rather weighted down here is what I do and I suggest you do it too!!

Look through books,  ideas start to flow when looking at pictures,  if you have an art museum…go there

Play great invigorating music while looking through books,  jump up and dance around the room…. who cares who’s watching.  If they laugh at us,  guess what,  they’ll feel better too!!

Clean up your paint area,  now that will either motivate you or depress you so be careful.  Ha!

But here is the best of all……. get together with a paint friend and go through books and pictures together.  Go out for lunch (eating always makes us feel good).     Book a time together to paint and that will get you back into it.  Smell that paint,  feel the brush,  watch it happen and voila!

]]> http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com/2009/02/economic-situation/feed/ 1 You’ll Never Know http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com/2008/12/youll-never-know/ http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com/2008/12/youll-never-know/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:07:30 +0000 Linda http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com/?p=11 It was very interesting today.  While teaching a class,  one student asked me how, when and why I started to paint.  It became very clear to me as I began to explain that I started to paint not because I really had any passion to actually paint but that I wanted to be around painting people.  I never held a paint brush until I was thirty-seven years old.  I was encouraged by the warmth of others to……..give it a try, you’ll never know unless you try.  So I did!!  The rest is history and it (the act of painting and creating) lit a passion in me that keeps pushing me forward in the most positive and fulfilling way.

So I am always telling people who say they could never paint to just give it a try.  No one really knows what lies deep within them just waiting for someone to make the subtle suggestion to try it.   I am not saying  you will sit down and create a masterpiece but if painting for the first time makes you the tiniest bit interested in more then seek a class with a good instructor that can guide you along your way.  There are basic fundamentals to learn and from then on you make it your own personal journey.

]]> http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com/2008/12/youll-never-know/feed/ 0 Hello Everyone! http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com/2008/12/hello-everyone/ http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com/2008/12/hello-everyone/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:39:21 +0000 admin http://blog.whisperingwillowartstudio.com/?p=3 I am currently in the process of setting up my blog so that I can start writing weekly updates. I hope to write about my classes, seminars, technique, tips and a great deal more so please stay tuned and if you’re using an RSS reader (I recommend Google Reader), please subscribe to this feed to receive my weekly updates automatically!

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